by Borisakunin
One important Australian diplomat told me this story. It turns out, they in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Canberra, hold a special koala. When negotiations with any foreign guest go into a deadlock, the koala is brought and given to the person to embrace. Then it becomes like silk. Apparently in this irrevocable way they broke even the harsh Lukashenko, achieved some important concessions for Australia from Belarus.